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Williams Blog: Five from Big 12 in ESPN poll

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher

In my mind, there’s no such thing as "too early" when it comes to college football predictions. Spring ball is over. The time to speculate and trade paint begins now fanatics.

Earlier today, College Football Live (ESPN.com) released its first preseason poll for the 2011 season.

Five Big 12 teams are included in the rankings, while the Oklahoma Sooners came in at No. 1. Other Big 12 teams in the mix are Oklahoma State (9), Texas A&M (11), Texas (20) and Missouri (23).

Quick thought: I’m not sure how you can throw Texas into the preseason top 25. There’s no doubt that Mack Brown has plenty of talented compiled within that program, but as David Ubben pointed out in the linked article above, the Horns have a TON of holes to fill. Stay tuned. It is only April 25. Only 130 days until kickoff!

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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